According to the 2011 census, Anand district has a population of 2,092,745 (With total Males 1,088,253 and total Females 1,002,023),[5] roughly equal to the nation of North Macedonia[6] or the US state of New Mexico.[7] This gives it a ranking of 219th in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 711 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,840/sq mi).[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.57%.[5] Anand has a sex ratio of 921 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 85.79% (Males 93.23% and females 77.76%).[8] 30.34% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4.99% and 1.19% of the population respectively.[5]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.66% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 2.10% Hindi and 0.58% Urdu as their first language.[10]
^US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Macedonia 2,077,328 July 2011 est.
^"2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179
^"Anand District Panchayat". ananddp.gujarat.gov.in. 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
^"C-16 Population By Religion - Gujarat". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
^"Gujarat Administrative Divisions 2011" (PDF). Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2011.
^"Khambhat Congress MLA Chirag Patel resigns". DeshGujarat. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
^"Anand City". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
^"Welcome to Anand Agricultural University | Anand Agricultural University, Anand". Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
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